Articles tagged: Avery Johnson

After Monday’s loss to Duke in the national championship game, Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Bo Ryan made a comment during his press conference that the Badgers “don’t do a rent-a-player.” He was, of course, making a reference to the growing trend of highly recruited and talented players enrolling in college for just one season…Read More

Alabama may have its eye on a former NBA Coach of the Year to fill its basketball coaching vacancy. According to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, former Dallas Mavericks coach Avery Johnson is meeting with Bama Saturday night. Bama fired Anthony Grant in March after he failed to live up their expectations following six seasons on the…Read More

On the surface, it would appear that firing Avery Johnson was exactly what the Brooklyn Nets needed. The former coach was let go at the end of December, and the team has gone 13-4 since interim head coach PJ Carlesimo took over. However, LeBron James feels that the improvement has more to do with effort…Read More

Avery Johnson was fired by the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday just 28 games into the season. The team was 14-14 and had gone 3-10 in its last 13 games. Blowout losses in recent games appeared to play a role in the firing, and so did Johnson’s perceived inability to reach his players. GM Billy King…Read More

Avery Johnson was fired as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, one month after he was named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for October and November, and two weeks after Deron Williams complained about the team’s offensive system. Brooklyn entered the season with high expectations after acquiring Joe Johnson in the offseason…Read More

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett has seen it all. After 17 seasons and counting in the NBA, there’s very little you can throw at the future Hall-of-Famer on the court that would catch him off guard. His attention to detail has made him one of the best defensive players in the league for years and…Read More

It has been five years since the Nets made the playoffs, but they are in a position to vastly improve heading into the 2012-2013 season. In addition to playing in an exciting new environment in Brooklyn, the Nets managed to bring back their important pieces from last year in Deron Williams, Brook Lopez, Gerald Wallace…Read More

Soon enough, fans will grow tired of booing Kris Humphries. To his credit, Humphries responded in the best way possible when Wizards fans booed him every time he touched the ball on Monday night and put together a tremendous game. The Nets’ new forward dropped 21 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to help get New…Read More